I really appreciate your willingness to meet and talk and how seriously you take your commitment to testify.

I am concerned about the horsepower that it takes to run the big trucks, that runs the things that we need.

We have a bill with Senator Graham that we think may help you a little bit, so we are going to try to pursue that one.

Is that type of a model still available for broadband when we can't get the big guys to go because they say, well it is not-- there is no return on investment, so why are you forcing me to go up this hollers, or down this road here, and…

Safety on pipelines first, if you can, and get that.

So we can go--we can identify some areas ourselves where they are just, they just cannot get service.

My colleagues on both sides of the aisle, as well as businesses of all sizes have expressed concern SEC has provided insufficient time for public comment.

I will vote for the debt ceiling.

If I could go back to my bankers and says, for those businesses you might have and even rural areas--they have to keep large amounts of cash because they need that.

We are not holding anything hostage. We are voting to pay our bills.

I want to thank you, Madam Secretary, and your staff for being so accommodating and forthright with us and coming before and appearing before the subcommittee.

My recommendation would be, based on what we talked, with the Huaweis, and all the concerns we had, that that be a high priority of yours to ask in your budget?

I will vote for the debt ceiling. But I would vote with the understanding that at least we can have a conversation with a guaranteed vote in 90 days on changes we think need to be made.

Is that type of a model still available for broadband when we can't get the big guys to go because they say, well it is not-- there is no return on investment, so why are you forcing me to go up this hollers, or down this road here, and…

We think that there were nefarious acts by those responsible to protect themselves and the heck with our depositors.

How can we make sure that they are doing what is needed?

So we can go--we can identify some areas ourselves where they are just, they just cannot get service.

Doesn't it seem like 27 percent of the dollars that the IRA, which none of us voted for, which is billions of dollars, is going to go to administrative costs, is that really providing environmental justice?